We think with words. Therefore language is a tool with which thought is possibile. Actually one can say that without language thought isn't possible (This dosen't imply that langauge leads to intelligent or abstract thought or meaning).
That is, language as a tool for thought surely has an influence on how thought can become and be shaped.
On the other hand experience, as in what a person has experienced, also affects the shaping of thought.
On such topics, I read a very intresting book called "The Social Network" which deals about how experience, the environment (natural and social), shape our perception of reality. It is really helpfull in showing how things must be taken much more lightly, given the relativity of all thought.
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Se also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiotics htt p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sanders_Peirc e http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_de_Sauss ure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Eco
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IANAL, but there is at least one lawsuit case in which a Company Name in an URL wasn't considered a trademark infringement.
The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center's decision came to the same conclusion, based on fair use and free speech rights.
Info on the case from an attorney website.
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We think with words. Therefore language is a tool with which thought is possibile. Actually one can say that without language thought isn't possible (This dosen't imply that langauge leads to intelligent or abstract thought or meaning).
t p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sanders_Peirc es ure
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That is, language as a tool for thought surely has an influence on how thought can become and be shaped.
On the other hand experience, as in what a person has experienced, also affects the shaping of thought.
On such topics, I read a very intresting book called "The Social Network" which deals about how experience, the environment (natural and social), shape our perception of reality. It is really helpfull in showing how things must be taken much more lightly, given the relativity of all thought.
2 cents
Se also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiotics
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_de_Saus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Eco
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If God doesn't exist, everything is allowed. (Fyodor Dostoevsky)